Noted, thanks Gav. And I reckon quite a lot of you will have similar opinions.

Like that time I suggested we should scrap offsides, let's move on from my 07:21 post and pretend it never happened.

Well that was a fun first hour, hopefully my Champions League restructure has some legs and Uefa are following.

We'll stay with Champions League chat until about 09:00 GMT and then we'll focus on Aston Villa and Liverpool.

A lot of you have already texted in about Darwin Nunez's miss...

My dream Champions League format would be an unseeded two-legged knockout-only competition.

A European FA Cup.

Mbappe now has 27 goals in all competitions for Real Madrid this season, and we're only in February.

He had a pretty slow scoring start to life at Los Blancos too, - by his standards anyway - only managing three goals across his first 11 appearances.

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Kylian Mbappe, who scored 256 goals in 308 appearances over six years at Paris St Germain, said he did not care about being the top scorer if it did not lead to silverware.

"I was the Champions League's top scorer last year, but did I win it? No," Mbappe told reporters.

"I don't care about being the leading scorer, in my career, I have scored many goals. If with these goals we win titles I will sign with my blood. If I can score 50, all the better, but all I want is to win titles," he added.

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After the match, Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti said Kylian Mbappe had the potential to reach the same level as club great Cristiano Ronaldo, who is Real's all-time leading scorer with 451 goals in 438 games for the 15-times Champions League winners.

"He has the quality to reach his numbers, but he has to work, because Cristiano set the bar very high, but he is so excited to play here, he can reach Cristiano's level," Ancelotti told a press conference.

"Everyone was waiting for this hat-trick from him and it has finally arrived. But Mbappe is not the only one, we have many players who make a difference. And they make a difference with their collective work above their individual quality which is remarkable."

By the way, Manchester City failed to reach the last 16 of the Champions League for the first time since the 2012-13 season.

Roberto Mancini was the City boss that campaign and he was sacked before the end of it.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer in Madrid

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Manchester City's shocking decline and fall was confirmed by their own travelling supporters suffering on the top tier of the Bernabeu as they were being ruthlessly put to the sword by Real Madrid.

The giant clock inside this magnificent arena was on 80 minutes when Mateo Kovacic lined up a tame shot that flew straight at Real keeper Thibaut Courtois, who was probably grateful for the exercise.

City were trailing 3-0, a scoreline that flattered them, so the hardy band of followers decided irony was the best medicine for the torture of watching their once all-conquering side, breaking out into rapturous cheering and applause.

Moments later, with City achieving the rare feat of stringing several passes together, chants of "Ole" came from the travelling support.

This summed up a pitiful, desperate night for manager Pep Guardiola, as they subsided in the most timid fashion, a sense of inevitability draped over the Bernabeu from the moment Kylian Mbappe scored the first goal of a brilliant hat-trick after only four minutes.

In the meantime, here's how Pep Guardiola reacted to Manchester City's defeat...

Oh no. Twenty-one minutes in and I've already set off the thumbs down. Apologies all.

What was the reason, mentioning the Club World Cup or saying Harry Kane could win a trophy?

Good morning to first-time texter Josh.

I think a lot will depend on which sides go deep in this year's Champions League. Plus, how much of the football world will be watching the Fifa Club World Cup in the summer? Would a key player from that tournament get a Ballon d'Or boost?

If you want my early take though, why not Harry Kane? He's still scoring for Bayern Munich.

While we wait for your witty responses, here's what the BBC Match of the Day pundits made of Manchester City's loss...

If you want some Get Involved inspiration, Pep Guardiola called Real Madrid the world's best over the past 10 to 15 years. Reckon he's right?

And do you agree with our chief football writer Phil McNulty that Manchester City's loss "marks the end of an era"?

I reckon we start today with Champions League reaction, and then chat Liverpool vs Aston Villa and the title race a little later.

As always, these daily live texts are at their absolute best when you lot Get Involved.

Who knows what shenanigans we'll end up getting up to today...

Three Italian teams going out before the last 16, Celtic almost stunning Bayern Munich, Manchester City thrashed by Real Madrid.

The Champions League has been pretty epic this week.

Hello! Such a busy day today, more on that later, so let's jump straight into it.

This season you can watch every single Champions League goal on the BBC Sport website and App.

Here are all the highlights from Tuesday and Wednesday night: